Canada Fears Russian Espionage Ties Warns Parliament
Prime Minister W L Mackenzie King told parliament Canada faced grave Russian espionage activity reaching into the United States Britain and Canada. He urged against severing diplomatic ties with the USSR while noting Soviet agents had operated via its embassy in Ottawa since 1934 and urged caution as he outlined investigations. Also the House Un American Activities Committee said it was probing possible un American influence in the State Department and reviewing how US personnel are selected for UN duties.
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Otvens
W. L. MacKenzie King
U. S
Britain
Canada
Russia
Jealmo Stalin
Kings
U.S.S.R
King
Huitsia
United States
Camuils
United Kingdom
Itawa
Geronakissima Stalin
Mr. Suilin
Truman
Attlee
Washington
London
Moscow
Gouzenko
Suritact
Public Service
Mar
House Committee On UN
Rankin
Mundt
State Department
Baruch Named To Atomic Energy Panel By President
Washington March 1874 the president plans speedy approval of Bernard Baruch as the American representative on the United Nations atomic energy commission. Congress will be kept informed of progress on international atomic controls as senators debate secrecy safeguards. Connally said Baruch would brief the foreign relations committee and McMahon's atomic committee will see advance U S proposals.
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Washington
Mar
Truman
Bernard Baruch
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
United States
Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
Haruch
Park Bench
New York
Baruch
Thoosevelt
State Symes
Byrd
Millikin
R-Coie
Commission
Special Atomic Committee
McMahon
Dconn
Rearranging Fifth Fleet Ships From Tokyo Command
Vice Adm. C. Sherman announced the Fifth fleet will withdraw the Iowa and Squandan Five to the U.S. west coast to reorganize the fleet and train, with most units moved to the Seventh fleet in China to control the Western Pacific. The Fifth fleet, 145 ships strong, includes Iowa, two carriers in the Marianas, three cruisers, and three destroyer squadrons. only Iowa and the Fifth Squadron will return. Current totals show 21,000 afloat and 9,100 ashore with 69 service vessels. June estimates project about 20,000 afloat and 8,800 ashore.
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Tokyo
Adm. C. Sherman
Fifth Fleet
Iowa
U.S. Nest Coast
America
U. S
Seventh Fleet
China
Western Pacific
Marianas
Boxer
Returning Troops List from Overseas Desk
The Associated Press reports several servicemen returning to U S duty from overseas. T/4 James L. Morrow of Oska Inosa arrived in New York aboard the Sea Robin from Europe. T/S Lyle H. Hegeman of East Eighth Street is due on the General Collins at Seattle from the Pacific. Harold F. Belt of 828 Rhode Island Street and Sgt. John D. Leecy of Wellsville aboard the General Scott slated to dock in Seattle from the Pacific. Hallmark Cards offers $100 monthly pay for young women doing handwork plus incentive earnings. apply Hall Bras, Inc 739 Mass-Adv.
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Associated Press
James L. Morrow
Oska- Inosa
New York
Lyle H. Hegeman
Eighth Street
General Collins
Seattle
Wash
Pacific
Harold F. Belt
Rhode Island Street
John D. Leecy
Wellsville
General Scott
Pacific Area
Hallmark
Hall Bras, Inc
Mass
Draft extension plan urged by selective service director
Washington March 29 selective service director Maj Gen Lewis R Hershey recommended to the house military committee a draft extension for an indefinite period with inductions limited to 18 months The committee voted to begin hearings with army officials as first witnesses The plan aims to keep inductions under 27 while age limits remain 18 to 45 and other members favor a six month extension with ages 21 to 30 Also senate committee invited secretaries Byrnes Patterson and Forrestal for a round up on future force needs amid World conditions
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Washington, Mar
House Military Committee
Selective Service
May
D- Ky
Lewis R. Hershey
Army
Sele Rervier
Congress
Hershey
Une
Senate Military Committee
Toaday
Byrnes
Patterson
Forrestal
Navy
Maybank
D-S.c
Burning 18000 Pounds Scrap Powder At Sunflower Ordnance Works
Last night 18000 pounds of scrap powder burned at Sunflower Ordnance Works lighting downtown Eudora and DeSoto. The flame's upper edge was visible from Lawrence high points as press cameras captured rapid five second pads fired together. A crowd watched from Lilac lane near Fraser Hall around 3 pm, the night burnings to dispose of about one million pounds of scrap powder over the coming month.
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Sunflower Ordnance
Eudora
DeSoto
Lawrence
Roon
Lilac Lane
Fraser Hall
University
Sunflower Works Switches to Lawrence Power
The Sunflower Ordnance Works now receives all electrical power from Lawrence under a contract with Kansas Electric Power Co. March 6 marked the transition, replacing prior power mostly from Kansas City. The plant uses less power and incurs lower costs, aided by a shorter transmission line and reduced maintenance. Steam plants on site provide process steam, not electricity.
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Sunflower Ordnance Works
Lawrence
Kansas City
Sunflower Works
Kansas Electric Power Company
Arthur E. Inman
Stock market index slips amid quiet trading
The Average of 60 stocks stands at 75.1, down from 75.6 yesterday. Fonk's Mortuary and Chapel advertises gabalanes Servica, Phona 119 for service inquiries.
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Fonk
Gabalanes Servica
Phona
Russian Congress Elects New Head
The Supreme Soviet named Generalissimo Stalin chairman of the council of ministers, changing the title of head of government while preserving the job. The five year plan aims to boost production and expand atomic energy use by 1950, with targets in iron, steel, coal, and power, while maintaining military strength.
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London
Supreme Soviet
Gentralissimo
Stalin
Council of Ministers
Moscow
U.S.S.R
Council of Peoples Commissars
Presidium
V. Molotov
Russia
N. A. Voznesensky
State Planning Department
Voznesensky
Soviet Union
A. E. Yefremov
Council of the Union of the Supreme Soviet
Moscow Radio
Yestering
Linetsky
Kansas warms as forecasts show rising highs and rain in western areas
State weather outlook from March 19 notes gradual temperature increase across Kansas with highs estimated near 44 to 60 today and 65 by tomorrow. Light to moderate rain possible in western regions Saturday and statewide Sunday, with moisture improving crop outlook amid mild overnight lows and scattered readings across cities like Dodge City and Goodland.
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Topeka
Kansas
S._D
Flora
Goodland
Coffeyville
District Welfare Board Meeting Focuses on Private Agencies
Kansas State Welfare board representatives will meet Thursday in the county welfare director office. The district agenda titled Private Agencies Private Institutions and County Boarding Homes lists Leavenworth Johnson Doniphan Atchison Jefferson Osage Lyons and Douglas counties as represented. Registration Books for the city are open daily from 8 to 10 p.m. through March 22, 1946, with closing at the same hour until after the city election.
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Kansas State Welfare Board
Leavenworth
Johnson
Doniphan
Atchison, Jefferson
Osage
Lyons
Douglas
City of E
H. C. Fisher
Adw
Strike settlement ratified by United Auto Workers with GM
The United Auto Workers announced ratification of the nationwide agreement with General Motors, ending a 113 day strike. Walter Reuther told GM VP Harry W. Anderson of overwhelming approval, while 175,000 strikers began returning to plants that had remained idle pending ratification.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers Today
General Motors
G.M. P
Walter Pather
G.M. Department
Harry W. Anderson
U.a.w.c.loc
Lawrence City Election Seeks Voters On April Second
The city clerk extended voting hours to ten PM this week for residents needing to register before the April second election. Registration closes next Friday night at ten, with six council seats and six bond issues on the ballot including a new city garage, a city building, garbage trucks, airport improvements, park expansion, and street improvements. Names listed include Haggart Stevens Selis Burgert Graeber and Bushey in the ward races. bond totals range from fifteen thousand to three hundred twenty five thousand dollars.
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Harold C. Fisher
Lawrence
Jeter
Robert Haggart
HK. B. Stevens
John Selis
R. O. Burgert
Fifth Ward
Carl Graeber
Sixth Ward
Roy Bushey
Sehionl
Vermont Street
Ninth
Eleventh Streets
Hampsire Street
Eighth
Eleventh Street
Death in Germany Confirmed for Lt Deane W Kiefer
Mrs Martha W Kiefer of Route 2 received word that her son Lt Deane W Kiefer Army Air Corps was killed on his second mission over Germany. Records show he died January 14 1945, after being listed missing in action with a presumptive date of January 15 1944. His first mission ended with engine trouble forcing a return to England.
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Martha W. Kiefer
Germany
Deane W. Kiefer
Army Air Corps
Edwin F. Witsell
Army
Eggstedt
Iran Seeks UN Protest Over Russian Troops
The Iranian ambassador Hussein Aja handed a protest to UN Secretary General Lie last night, aimed at Russia’s troop presence in Iran. Officials said the UN would issue a communications note, with Tehran seeking UNSC action after talks in Tehran with Stalin's envoys and Tehran’s Qavam government considering the protest amid fears of Soviet pressure.
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Wash
L Liane
U.N.O
Hussein Aja
Council m
Truman
Stalin
Iran
Ala
Lou Henderson
State Department
Middle Eastern
Firat
Ahmed Wavinye Sultaneh
Tehran
Aram
Ambasesador Ala
Security Council
Russia
Irsu
Qavam
Jast
Moscow
U. S
Yevamroi
Bi Qavam Agas
Alamu
Javam
Reorganization of Kansas schools proceeds with little opposition
Topeka reports the Kansas school reorganization ordered by the last legislature is progressing faster than anticipated with less opposition. Rep. F B Russ of Emporia, chairing the legislative education committee, said the statewide outlook is 15 districts showing good progress and fewer difficulties than expected in uniting small one-teacher districts.
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Topeka
Reorzanana
Kansas
Burness
F. B. Russ
Emporia
Legislative Council
Ross
Back Federal Taxes Pouring In Across Wichita and Nation
Wichita and nationwide reports show Uncle Sam collecting millions in back taxes. Lynn R. Broderick's office notes contributions since last June, with amounts ranging from small sums to thousands, part of a Morgenthau Vinson driven effort to curb income tax evasions amid a grand jury probe into evasion schemes.
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Wichita
Mer
Meartz
Internal Revenue
Lynn R. Broderick
Las
Broderick
Henry Morgenthau
Secretary of the Treasury
Crand Jury
Morgenthau
Fred Vinson
Presant Treasury
Cooperatin
Internal Revenue Departmény
United States
Dietrigt Atformer
Short 9 weeks term opens at Universal Kansas
University announces a nine weeks term principally for Seterane beginning in April at Universal Kansas. All courses are freshman level with half semester work and eight hours credit for students in the short term. Courses include mathematics English geography economics and accounting. Admissions depend on available instructors with priority for Kansas veterans and students from Kansas high schools.
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Seterane
Universal Kansas
Kansas
Fox of Kanaas Hich
K. U
Alicante
Berder
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Bartlesville
Jens
Students Collect Fat For School Drive In Kansas City
In Estvace area schools pupils from grades four to six collected and weighed fat from homes between 12:30 and 2 p m Thursday. Under the Moglish class victory committee the effort supported the school welfare fund, with Opal Jayne Kennedy noting the PTA will use proceeds for books and supplies. Separately, 1,000 workers at Kansas City plants Art Wilson and Cudahy faced indefinite layoffs blamed on meat shortages and price controls.
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Pinckney School
Childen
Nation
Estvace Iease
Victory Committee
Phil Andacott
Ethan Smith
Sacket Smith
Jimmy Murphy
Mias Opal Jayne Kennedy
Pt.a
Kansas City
Kan
Sunseemen
Art
Wilson
Cudahy
Office of Price Administration
Near Closing of Watkins Estate Nearing Final Settlement
An estate near final settlement details a large bequest plan with residual beneficiaries and trustees. Executors Tick, Williame, Hugh Means and Raye Mend Rica of Lawrence outlined the distribution, including stimulus to hospitals and children’s services. The First National Bank of Kansas City named as trustee for six residuary beneficiaries, with about 562 acres of Texas land and vacant lots in Lawrence remaining to dispose of before final settlement. The will anticipates bequests totaling over a million dollars to institutions and carriers.
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Elizabeth M. Watkire
Mart Elisabeth M. Watkins
Tick
Williame
Hugh Means
Raye
Rica
Rice
Larence
Fourth Street
Watking
First National Bank of Kansas City
May
DEDICATE BRIDGE SOON ACROSS Wakarosa Rivulet
Work on the new county bridge over the Wakarosa river near the county farm is completed. The official dedication date is not yet set and will be announced at the county commissioners’ weekly meeting after Larson reports to the board. Delays due to weather pushed the approach work late into February.
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Wakarosa Rivag
Lawrence-Baldvinrea
Larson
County Comaies
Nerenere
Bully Thru
County Cannnesionera
Althy
Lerson
Water Flows Again Through Los Angeles Aqueduct
Water resumed flowing through the Los Angeles aqueduct today after a shutdown caused by a recent earthquake. A boulder crashed through the concrete pipeline last Friday, briefly halting service and prompting inspection and repairs by engineers.
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Aqudduct
Los Angeles
Mar
Los Angeles Aqueduct
Weather forecast summary for district with light precipitation
Weather forecast indicates no precipitation until Saturday or Sunday when showers and thunderstorms are possible and then taper off by midday. Western areas may see heavy activity, with warmer conditions midweek followed by a cooler weekend. temperatures about 4 degrees above normal in the east and up to 6 degrees above normal in the west.
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Noebraske
Kapnaa
Oklangea
Kansas
Tetcom
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Atomic Energy Commission
West Coast
Sherman
Mt. Qread
Kansas Electric Power Co
O. K
Deane Kiefer
UNO Council
Wie
Ersan
Rogram
Kk. U
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Watkins
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Newton
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